Great Oakland Public Schools, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the quality and accessibility of Oakland’s educational institutions, released a data-driven progress report Monday outlining the success and challenges facing our city’s schools.

“Today, the Oakland Unified School District stands as California’s most improved urban school district and our city is home to some of the most innovative and high-performing public schools in the state,” the report read. However, “a majority of Oakland’s public schools struggle to equitably and excellently serve students, particularly students of color and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged or language minority backgrounds.”

According to the report, only five of Oakland’s public schools met the minimum Academic Performance Index, or API, of 800 or greater in 1999. As of 2012, 42 Oakland schools have met that mark.

“Across the board, we’re doing ok,” Steve Spiker, research and technology director at Urban Strategies, said. “But that belies the fact that we have some schools that are really struggling.”